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we'll continue to have more from ben and arwa and also wolf blitzer in jerusalem. i want to bring in a spokesman for the israel foreign ministry. i appreciate you being with us. there's been a lot of talk, a lot of rumors over the last 24 hours about a possible cease-fire, about a negotiated settleme settlement. i know the israeli cabinet met this evening. what's the latest on that? >> i can't say because, obviously, while negotiations are going on, we're not going to disclose any details. all i can say is that there are contacts, and we are trying to explore diplomatic ways to end this. but as we have stated since the beginning of this operation, the only objective of this operation, the only objective we are trying to achieve is to stop rocket fire on israeli civilians, but not just to obtain a short-term truce that will be broken again and again by hamas but to obtain the is he sayi cessation for a very long period. we have tried to explore diplomatic ways by alerting the security council, by trying to file official complaints with the security council and hopin
we'll continue to have more from ben and arwa and also wolf blitzer in jerusalem. i want to bring in a spokesman for the israel foreign ministry. i appreciate you being with us. there's been a lot of talk, a lot of rumors over the last 24 hours about a possible cease-fire, about a negotiated settleme settlement. i know the israeli cabinet met this evening. what's the latest on that? >> i can't say because, obviously, while negotiations are going on, we're not going to disclose any...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> up first this hour, a cnn exclusive. officials in the region opening up about the terror threat and how it could spread. i'll speak about that with the former secretary of state colin powell. we'll talk in just a few moments, but right now here's our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. she's reporting from jordan. >> this is the latest jihadist video from syria. it has all of the hallmarks of al qaeda and includes bomb attacks and a nighttime raid against military outposts. a senior jordanian official tells cnn that there are nearly 1500 al qaeda members and sympathizers now in syria. many have entered the country from iraq and lebanon over the past five months and are part of a growing campaign of bombings and ambushes against syrian intelligence and military targets. in the jordanian capital there is growing worry. >> jordan is very stable. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview with cnn while visiting jord
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> up first this hour, a cnn exclusive. officials in the region opening up about the terror threat and how it could spread. i'll speak about that with the former secretary of state colin powell. we'll talk in just a few moments, but right now here's our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. she's reporting from jordan. >> this is the latest jihadist video from syria. it has all of...
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i'm wolf blitzer. here are some of the stories we're working on for next hour. mitt romney heads to minnesota, home of congresswoman michele bachmann. will she endorse him or someone else? the former presidential candidate will join us live. >>> planned parenthood loses funding, was political pressure a factor? stay tuned for the answer. >>> and a new tape reveals the chaos following the president's death. the gut-wrenching audio is coming up. stay with us. you're in "the situation room." >>> w50e6g9 some breaking news that we're working on. apparently the end of the u.s./nato combat mission in afghanistan, a decade-long war that's cost the u.s. dearly in blood and treasure, now the obama administration making a major decision to step up the end of what's called combat operation in afghanistan. let's go to barbara starr. the u.s. is supposed to have major combat operations in afghanistan through the end of 2014, another three years, but they're no saying it's going to stop a year and a half early. what
i'm wolf blitzer. here are some of the stories we're working on for next hour. mitt romney heads to minnesota, home of congresswoman michele bachmann. will she endorse him or someone else? the former presidential candidate will join us live. >>> planned parenthood loses funding, was political pressure a factor? stay tuned for the answer. >>> and a new tape reveals the chaos following the president's death. the gut-wrenching audio is coming up. stay with us. you're in "the...
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i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> the high-powered campaign surrogate is on the hot seat for going off message after newark's democratic mayor cory booker spoke about the attacks on mitt romney's old firm bane capital. he had to struggle to do damage control and the dust still hasn't settled. let's discuss what's going on with the key adviser of the romney campaign, ed gillespie, former republican of the national committee. thanks very much for coming in. >> thank you for having me, wolf. good to be with you. >> let's talk about what the president specifically said about mitt romney, his experience at bane capital yesterday and then we'll get your reaction. >> my opponent, governor romney, his main calling card for why he thinks he should be president is his business expense. he's not there touting his experience in massachusetts. he's saying i'm a business guy and i'll fix it and this is his business and when you're president as opposed to the h
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> president obama's been hammering mitt romney for sending u.s. jobs overseas during the years he rain bane capital. this afternoon in colorado romney turned the tables labeling the president as the outsourcer in
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> president obama's been hammering mitt romney for sending u.s. jobs overseas during the years he rain bane capital. this afternoon in colorado romney turned the tables labeling the president as the outsourcer in
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> the obama administration replies to a rare order from a federal appeals court. the latest round of a sharp dispute over the nation's health care reform law. we begin with president obama warning the supreme court against overturning his cherished legislation. judges hearing a separate case took offense at what the president of the united states said and they demanded a three-page written explanation. let's go straight to our congressional correspondent kate bolduan. she's working the story for us. today the attorney general of the united states complied with that demand. >> complied with that demand. i guess to use the sports metaphor the ball may still be in play on this one. i wouldn't call this a bombshell, but it's a strange twist in this political battle with no end in sight. three pages, single spaced. that was the unusual order by a federal circuit court. attorney general eric holder personally responded
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now live from south carolina, wolf blitzer. "the situation room" starts right now. >>> brooke, thanks very much. a very rough primary battle in south carolina. suddenly getting a lot more interesting. all eyes will be on our brand-new cnn/time orc poll. it shows the gap may be narrowing. newt gingrich answers charges from a rival who accuses him of arrogance, and former colleagues who say he's going rogue. i'll go one on one with the candidate. >>> the search of the capsized cruise liner is suspended. rescue diver face new difficulties while the captain may face years of prison. i'm wolf blitzern charleston, south carolina. you're in "the situation room." >>> just releasing right now, a latest poll showing a tightening race. newt gingrich is charging ahead, trying to keep the fight for the republican nomination going, and the new cnn/time/orc poll shows him closing the gap here in south carolina. mitt romney remains the front-runner with 33%. gingrich up now, though, to 23%. rick santorum third at, and rick perry 6%. joining us
now live from south carolina, wolf blitzer. "the situation room" starts right now. >>> brooke, thanks very much. a very rough primary battle in south carolina. suddenly getting a lot more interesting. all eyes will be on our brand-new cnn/time orc poll. it shows the gap may be narrowing. newt gingrich answers charges from a rival who accuses him of arrogance, and former colleagues who say he's going rogue. i'll go one on one with the candidate. >>> the search of the...
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more with arwa damon, ben wedeman, wolf blitzer in jerusalem. we'll also take a look at president obama's trip to burma, officially known as myanmar. we'll be right back. it's easy te a giant... ♪ and feel like a green giant. ♪ ho ho ho ♪ green giant is efficiently absorbed in small continuous amounts. citracal slow release continuously releases calcium plus d with efficient absorption in one daily dose. citracal slow release. >>> welcome back. we're reporting live tonight from gaza city. i'm not sure if you can hear it very well, but there's still the steady sound as we've heard for these last six days now, going into day seven, of israeli drones overhead. it's a constant buzzing sound. it sounds almost like a distant lawn mower or swarm of mosquitos off in the distance. obviously it can have far deadlier consequences than any of that. it's a very eerie sound. i want to check in with susan hendricks with a "360" news and business bulletin. >>> president obama is in cambodia tonight, the last stop on his three nation tour of asia. earlier
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i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >>> new information on the u.s. army sergeant accused of killing 16 afghan civilians in a vicious massacre prompting heightened security at u.s. military bases throughout afghanistan right now. let's go straight to our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. you're getting this new information. what are your learning? >> first up, here at home we've confirmed that this staff sergeant's family, his wife and children, were moved on to the lewis mccord base in washington state over the weekend for their own safety. as for the incident, we have many new details this evening about how it happened. we're -- we have been able to confirm that the first real evidence the u.s. personnel at the base had that something terrible had happened is when afghans showed up at the gate carrying their casualties in their airlines saying that there had been a shooting. that u.s. personnel were involved. it becomes a little bit of a simultaneous development because they also know from an afghan soldier, that a u.s. soldier had walked away
i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >>> new information on the u.s. army sergeant accused of killing 16 afghan civilians in a vicious massacre prompting heightened security at u.s. military bases throughout afghanistan right now. let's go straight to our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. you're getting this new information. what are your learning? >> first up, here at home we've confirmed that this staff sergeant's family, his wife and children, were...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> we begin with new developments in a growing diplomatic crisis dogging the obama administration. the chinese dissident who escaped house arrest and sought refuge, but the u.s. embassy in beijing is now appealing directly to president obama for help. chen guangcheng was basically pushed out of the embassy and abandoned, but the top american diplomat in china tells cnn a very different account of what happened. cnn's stan grant is in beijing and has been following this story from the beginning. dramatic developments, huge interest at stake, stan. you had a chance to speak with the u.s. ambassador gary locke about all of this. what is the very latest? >> reporter: yes. he is gary locke, the man with the answers about what went wrong at the embassy. chen guangcheng said he was encouraged to leave and without knowing the full range of his threat that the family was posing. i sat down with the ambassador to get his sid
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wolf blitzer is off today. i'm candidate crowley, and you're in "the situation room." >>> just coming in, a new snapshot capturing the big picture, a cnn lorcp poll shows support for president obama up slightly from last month 67 this new poll shows a five-point lead over romney, though still within a sampling error. the same poll shows a seven-point lead for the president over rick santorum. that is up only slightly from january. we want to bring in cnn's chief analyst gloria borger. so i look at this and think maybe a problem for mitt romney? >> absolutely a problem for mitt romney. as you pointed out, in january neck and neck. now president obama is up. what's mitt romney's calling card as he campaigns he electability? what do republican voters say they want in all those dpit polls we've been taking and all those primaries? somebody who can beat president obama. he kind of loses that argument. it's early, this is good news for president obama. we should say it's february, these numbers can change. >> and he
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more with arwa damon, ben wedeman, wolf blitzer in jerusalem. we'll also take a look at president obama's trip to burma, officially known as myanmar. we'll be right back. >>> we'll have more from anderson and gaza city in a moment. president obama is in cambodia tonight, his last stop on his three nation tour in asia. earlier today he became the first u.s. president to visit myanmar. he met with myanmar's president. >>> the extensive changes to the benghazi talk points were made by the intelligence community not the white house state department or the justice department. that's according to the spokesman for national intelligence. >>> the original talking points drafted by the cia specifically mentioned al qaeda ties to the attack, but that was removed. >>> indianapolis police say a major explosion that destroyed several houses and killed two ople is now a homicide investigation. the blast was so powerful that more than 30 neighboring homes were severely damaged. >>> it looks like there could be hope for hostess. a federal bankruptcy court judge
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." s. >>> a turning point in the race for the white house. the obama campaign is now going directly on the attack against the republican presidential candidates. they are naming names, and fighting back after months of largely turning the other cheek. but it's not the president taking on his gov challengers. that task is now falling to the vice president joe biden. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is joining us now. jessica, this is clearly a new phase in the obama reelection campaign. >> it is, wolf. after months of saying they're just watching the republicans duke it out on the trail, now team obama is officially in campaign mode. remember president obama said this? >> all of them determine who their standard bearer is going to be. until the republicans have a nominee, we don't have a campaign. >> reporter: when he hits the stump, he never names the gop candidates. >> a lot of folks who are, you know, running for a certain offi office,
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> the republican race for the white house is all tied up in mississippi and alabama, most primary polls close in four hours. those contests could go anywhere. . what's happens in lafayette, jim? >> the primaries are, all three candidates have a serious shot at taking the checkered flack, all at least at risk for a maybe blowout. with the deep vow. >> reporter: confident that primaries in mississippi and alabama could put him in the gop's driver's seat -- >> under the obama economy, it's been harder these are crushing a lot of people. >> romney has good wins to, and victories by newt ging rich could be just as damaging. >> reporter: he's making the case that the race won't be settled in the south. >> it can be different for anyone to get to the number of delegates with the majority of the convention. >> they laughed that off in an e-mail to reporters, saying that they have bush did you somehow magically win at the convention. this is pure fantasy or van
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> the republican race for the white house is all tied up in mississippi and alabama, most primary polls close in four hours. those contests could go anywhere. . what's happens in lafayette, jim? >> the primaries are, all three candidates have a serious shot at taking the checkered flack, all at least at risk for a maybe blowout. with the deep vow. >> reporter: confident that primaries in mississippi and alabama could...
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. >>> it is time for "the situation room" and wolf blitzer. wolf? >> ted, thanks very much. happening now. another top commander in a widening scandal swirling around general david petraeus. john allen is now the subject of a pentagon investigation. it centers around hundreds, possibly thousands of e-mails sent to this woman. details of where she fits into an increasingly tangled web of relationships. i'll talk about all of this with the chair of the senate intelligence committee. dianne feinstein says it is like something off the front page of a tab roid mloid magazine and s demanding answers. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with stunning twists in the scandal that brought down the head of the cia, general david petraeus. another u.s. general is caught in the same tangled web. john allen, top commander in afghanistan, is being investigated by the pentagon for allegedly sending inappropriate e-mails to a married woman, the same woman whose complaint of threatening e-mails from general petraeus' lover cracked the scandal wide open. barbara st
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now to wolf blitzer. "the situation room" starts now. >> brooke thanks very much. >>> happening now, a fury as the political storm fuels up after a democratic strategist says that the mother of five ann romney, quote, never worked a day in her life. hilary rosen is here live this hour to explain what she meant about women, about work and about wealth. my interview with her coming up shortly. >>> george zimmerman was out of sight for more than six weeks and now they'll finally see him in front of the judge. you will see the video as he faces a murder charge in the trayvon martin shooting. we'll learn what lies ahead. >> and north coia says its rocket is now ready to go. that launch could come literally any minute now. with neighboring countries on alert, we're monooring the launchpad in real time. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> out of nowhere, seemingly, a huge political controversy erupts over women, work and wealth. it began with the democratic
now to wolf blitzer. "the situation room" starts now. >> brooke thanks very much. >>> happening now, a fury as the political storm fuels up after a democratic strategist says that the mother of five ann romney, quote, never worked a day in her life. hilary rosen is here live this hour to explain what she meant about women, about work and about wealth. my interview with her coming up shortly. >>> george zimmerman was out of sight for more than six weeks and now...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> they bear the name of his predecessor. president obama is seizing the bush tax cutted and calling for them to be extend, but not for everyone. the president wants to let them expire for the wealthiest americans. that puts him at odds with congressional republicans, as well as his rival mitt romney and sets the stage for a very heated battle with less than four months to go before the election. our white house correspondent brianna keilar is covering this for us. first of all, why is the president doing this today? >> reporter: well, wolf, this is certainly part of his narrative that he's trying to put out there as he runs for re-election. this is very much happening through that political prism. he tried to portray himself as really the one fighting for the middle class. now he's trying to portray his opponent mitt romney and congressional republicans as being defenders of the wealthy. so what he's calling for is for an extension of the bush-era tax
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, wolf blitzer, joining me live with a preview. is there lots going on on the campaign trail or is it pretty quiet? >> there's always a lot going on. mitt romney, you know, he's threatening to spend probably $3 million between his own campaign organization, the super-pac that supports him to crush santorum in his home state. a lot of santorum supporters are saying maybe it would be more dignified for him. the counter argument, of course, is if he wins in pennsylvania, he's got some momentum, and may is a hopeful month for santorum, kentucky, arkansas, where he could potentially do well. ron brownstein will join us, david gergen will join us and we have a lot coming up on north korea and this rocket launch they're getting reddy to do. we'll have our own stan grant who's in north korea. i went to korea with him back in 2010. >>> i remember seeing you do your report from north korea, i was very jealous that you got that assignment, my friend. >> it was a real good assignment. rick santorum's little daughter bella is out of the hospita
, wolf blitzer, joining me live with a preview. is there lots going on on the campaign trail or is it pretty quiet? >> there's always a lot going on. mitt romney, you know, he's threatening to spend probably $3 million between his own campaign organization, the super-pac that supports him to crush santorum in his home state. a lot of santorum supporters are saying maybe it would be more dignified for him. the counter argument, of course, is if he wins in pennsylvania, he's got some...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> out of nowhere, seemingly, a huge political controversy erupts over women, work and wealth. it began with the democratic activist's sarcastic comment here on cnn about mitt romney's wife and republicans now vote it will help romney cut into barack obama's big lead among female voters. democratic strategist and cnn contributor hilary rosen is here to explain her comment and she's standing by live. let's get background from our senior correspondent joe johns. joe, tell us how this political storm erupted. >> well, wolf, it is certainly a great debate overworking moms versus stay-at-home moms. no matter what side you come down on, the speed with which this controversy took on a life of its own with all of the players weighing in on social media says a lot about how this can be a campaign like none other. 8:43 p.m. eastern time cnn contributor, hilary rosen, a prominent democratic strategist on "anderson cooper 360"
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wolf blitzer is off today. i'm joe johns, and you're in "the situation room." >> it's a long that sparks controversy and outrage as well as sympathy and imitators. today the supreme court told arizona it went too far in trying to stem illegal immigration, taking matters into its own hand that constitutionally belongs to the federal government. the justices struck down three major portions of the law but upheld one of the most controversial provisions. kate bolduan has more. kate, what does the ruling say? >> hey, joe, it was a big day at the supreme court. one that has both sides trying to spin the ruling in their favor. the high court put the brakes on aggressive state efforts to crack down on immigration, at least for now. from the arizona border to the usz supreme court, the justices offered a split decision on the controversial, illegal immigration law. known as sb 1070. writing for the majority in the 4-3 ruling. justice anthony kennedy said arizona may have understandable frustrations with the problems ca
wolf blitzer is off today. i'm joe johns, and you're in "the situation room." >> it's a long that sparks controversy and outrage as well as sympathy and imitators. today the supreme court told arizona it went too far in trying to stem illegal immigration, taking matters into its own hand that constitutionally belongs to the federal government. the justices struck down three major portions of the law but upheld one of the most controversial provisions. kate bolduan has more....
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> anyone cheering president obama's new stance on same-sex marriage has vice president joe biden to thank. the president himself is now confirming what many had suspected that the vice president forced the president's hand when biden announced his support for gay marriage over the weekend and now we're hearing that's a sore subject at least among some white house insiders. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is working the story for us. what are you hearing over there, jessica? >> reporter: wolf, there are times when a president is more forgiving than his aides and this may be one of those times. some of the president's top aides are deeply annoyed. they acknowledge the president was going to come out and speak out in favor of same-sex marriage before the democratic convention, but boy, are they frustrated that vice president biden made it happen sooner than they wanted. he was planning to say this
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> anyone cheering president obama's new stance on same-sex marriage has vice president joe biden to thank. the president himself is now confirming what many had suspected that the vice president forced the president's hand when biden announced his support for gay marriage over the weekend and now we're hearing that's a sore subject at least among some white house insiders. our chief...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is just coming in to the "the situation room" right now. take a look at this. wow. it's a huge, huge crowd that has gathered at tahrir square in cairo. tens of thousands of people back at the site where last year's revolution started. the demonstrators are protesting the moves made by the egyptian military leadership, which they say could hurt the presidential election results. also, only moments ago we have confirmed that the former president of egypt, hosni mubarak, has suffered a stroke. that according to officials in egypt. his heart apparently has stopped. but it was revived. he needed critical condition care. he has received it. we're monitoring this situation very, very closely. but look at that crowd at tahrir square. it started there, it's continuing right now. the election results should be known by thursday whether the muslim brotherhood wins or a former aide to hosni mubarak. that crowd going crazy. it's approaching midnight in cair
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is just coming in to the "the situation room" right now. take a look at this. wow. it's a huge, huge crowd that has gathered at tahrir square in cairo. tens of thousands of people back at the site where last year's revolution started. the demonstrators are protesting the moves made by the egyptian military leadership, which they say could hurt the presidential election results. also, only moments ago we have...
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going to pass it off to wolf blitzer. "the situation room" begins right now. >> brooke, thanks very much. happening right now, eerie echoes of the cold war as a russian cargo ship carries more weapons to syria, and president obama sits down for a face-to-face meeting with russia's new president, putin. >>> also, mitt romney took a hard line stance on immigration in the primaries. has obama's stance forced rom knee into an etch-a-scetch moment. >>> and former democratic congressman arthur davis says he's voting for mitt romney this time around. he's going to tell us why. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." the cold war is long over, but a chill has settled in in the relations right now. the key shoous, moscow's support in the regime for syria. it may help fuel a brutal crackdown. president obama is addressing that issue headon at the g-20 summit in mexico. dan lothian is joining us right now. dan, what's the latest on this tension between the u.s. and russia? >> the two leaders met for about two hours. presid
going to pass it off to wolf blitzer. "the situation room" begins right now. >> brooke, thanks very much. happening right now, eerie echoes of the cold war as a russian cargo ship carries more weapons to syria, and president obama sits down for a face-to-face meeting with russia's new president, putin. >>> also, mitt romney took a hard line stance on immigration in the primaries. has obama's stance forced rom knee into an etch-a-scetch moment. >>> and former...
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wolf blitzer, quick question. i know your daughter lives in new york city. this is a segue into our next segment, i bet her friends have tiny apartments. >> very small. but that's new york, new york. i'm sure they're not as small as what mayor bloomberg has in line. >> there we go. that's why we love you. we're going to talk about that. new york has famously small apartments. they could get even smaller. under this proposal wolf just mentioned, this is from the new york mayor, michael bloomberg. he's calling on these developers to come up with these different designs for apartments no longer than and no larger than, let me say that, no larger than 300 square feet. 300 square feet. so i'm going to hop up. and i want to show you what 300 square feet kind of looks like. this is studio 7. what we've done thanks to our caution tape -- walk with me, robert. is this is 300 square feet right here. and, you know, sitting here i was trying to figure out what exactly you could fit. we have some sofas. you could fit your sofas. and from this vantage i'm thinking you've
wolf blitzer, quick question. i know your daughter lives in new york city. this is a segue into our next segment, i bet her friends have tiny apartments. >> very small. but that's new york, new york. i'm sure they're not as small as what mayor bloomberg has in line. >> there we go. that's why we love you. we're going to talk about that. new york has famously small apartments. they could get even smaller. under this proposal wolf just mentioned, this is from the new york mayor,...
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i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room". -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com this is decision day in iowa. just four hours from now, republicans will gather in caucuses across the state and cast the first votes in the 2012 campaign. the candidates have spent months of the trial paving the way with millions in campaign cash. much of that money has gone towards a barrage of negative advertising. now, in a final flurry of appearances, the rhetoric has reached a new peak or maybe a new low. >> you said mitt romney, somebody who will lie to you to get to be president will lie to you when they are president. i have to ask you, are you calling mitt romney a liar? >> yes. >> you're calling mitt romney a liar? >> you seem shocked by it. yes. >> why are you saying he's a liar? >> this is a man who's staff created the pack. his millionaire friends fund the pack. he pretends he has nothing to do with the pack. it's balogna. it's like his pretense that he's a conservative. >> wow. let's go live to our ch
i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room". -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com this is decision day in iowa. just four hours from now, republicans will gather in caucuses across the state and cast the first votes in the 2012 campaign. the candidates have spent months of the trial paving the way with millions in campaign cash. much of that money has gone towards a barrage of negative advertising. now, in a final flurry of appearances, the rhetoric has reached...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> at the nato summit this week, allied leaders signed off on president obama's timetable to end the war in afghanistan by 2014. i was there to report the summit and i sat down with afghan president hamid karzai to talk about the war, the war in pakistan and their relationship with osama bin laden. >> do you believe they were protecting bin laden? >> he was killed. whether he had official protection is something i can't tell. >> what do you think? >> really difficult to say one way or other but where he was, how could he have been without some knowledge. >> that's what a lot of people suspect. all right. let's talk about u.s.-afghan relations. right now you've had some successful, i think, meetings with the president of the united states. but a lot of americans as you know, and you look at american public opinion polls, they're concerned that they want the u.s. out of afghanistan, about 70% say it's time for the u.s. to come home, the u.s. is spending t
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> at the nato summit this week, allied leaders signed off on president obama's timetable to end the war in afghanistan by 2014. i was there to report the summit and i sat down with afghan president hamid karzai to talk about the war, the war in pakistan and their relationship with osama bin laden. >> do you believe they were protecting bin laden? >> he was killed. whether he had official protection is something i...
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wolf blitzer in washington, and thank you so much. wolf blitzer will be back on his own show "situation room" starting at 1:00 p.m. eastern right here on cn. great shot. how did the nba become the hottest league on the planet? by building on the cisco intelligent network they're able to serve up live video, and instant replays, creating fans from berlin to beijing. what can we help you build? nice shot kid. the nba around the world built by the only company that could. cisco. exclusive to the military, and commitment is not limited to one's military oath. the same set of values that drive our nation's military are the ones we used to build usaa bank. with our award winning apps that allow you to transfer funds, pay bills or manage your finances anywhere, anytime. so that wherever your duty takes you, usaa bank goes with you. visit us online to learn what makes our bank so different. >>> i want to get you to chicago where the teachers strike is now in the fourth day with 350,000 students just waiting to find out what their future is go
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin this hour with new and alarming developments in the middle east. get this. syria's leader actually blaming the united states for undermining peace efforts in the country. bashar al-assad accusing the u.s. of supporting terrorists. that's his words. we're fighting to overthrow him. not only that, the syrians are conducting war games right now. let's go to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. she's monitoring what is going on. >> well, wolf, these are war games the u.s. is watching carefully and listening more closely to what is going on. a show of force from syria. new live fire exercises to send the message it can repel a foreign attack. along the coast, using chips, aircraft and missile batteries. it comes as secretary of state hillary clinton ratcheted up the rhetoric against the syrian regime. >> the future to me should be abundantly clear to those who support the assad regime. the days are numbered. >> even as attacks continue insi
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin this hour with new and alarming developments in the middle east. get this. syria's leader actually blaming the united states for undermining peace efforts in the country. bashar al-assad accusing the u.s. of supporting terrorists. that's his words. we're fighting to overthrow him. not only that, the syrians are conducting war games right now. let's go to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. she's monitoring...
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i'm wolf blitzer in washington. tonight, we are tracking two big events on the republican calendar and our political a-team is here. john king, gloria borger. dana bash and shannon travis is over at gop headquarters in portland, maine. our chief congressional correspondent dana bash is over at cpac. the conservative political action conference that is under way here in washington. we will have the results of the maine caucuses as they come in. stand by for that. right now want to go to shannon travis over at republican headquarters in portland. set the scene for us. we are getting ready to see potentially a winner in maine tonight. >> reporter: that's right. let me first say i may have the toughest assignment of the night. i'm at a party sponsored by the maine republican party. i'll have my cameraman pan around here. some of the people are just filing in. we expect possibly a few 00 enjoying a little bit of food and drink. this is important business. they are going to be announcing the results right here. going to h
i'm wolf blitzer in washington. tonight, we are tracking two big events on the republican calendar and our political a-team is here. john king, gloria borger. dana bash and shannon travis is over at gop headquarters in portland, maine. our chief congressional correspondent dana bash is over at cpac. the conservative political action conference that is under way here in washington. we will have the results of the maine caucuses as they come in. stand by for that. right now want to go to shannon...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." up first, a new video that appears to show really disgusting behavior by united states marines in the presence of dead bodies. a pentagon official says the pictures turned his stomach. an investigation has now been launched. on you poring correspondent barbara starr is joining us with details. what are they saying, barbara? >> this is a 39-second video that began to appear on the internet earlier today. for obvious reasons were only going to show a blurred still image. this is simply not suitable to be shown. what it does appear to show is four men dressed in marine corps combat gear in a war zone urinating on what appears to be three dead bodies of potential insurgents. the marine corps has launched an investigation into all of this. we have to emphasize, as you continue to look at this photo, we do not know when or where exactly it was taken, but there are interesting clues already emerging. i spoke to a senior marine corps official who says, look at the picture. you will see these
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." up first, a new video that appears to show really disgusting behavior by united states marines in the presence of dead bodies. a pentagon official says the pictures turned his stomach. an investigation has now been launched. on you poring correspondent barbara starr is joining us with details. what are they saying, barbara? >> this is a 39-second video that began to appear on the internet earlier today. for obvious reasons were...
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i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." the news continues next on cnn. >>> good evening from mesa, arizona, the site of this week's arizona republican presidential debate and where a growing international crisis may join jobs and health care as top tier issues. tonight amid worries of $5 a gallon gasoline, the top u.s. general warns israel an attack on iran's nuclear program is not prudent. also, pal babeu, a sheriff prominent to the state's immigration debate confirms he is gay. another outspoken lawman sheriff joe arpaio weighs in on that controversy. plus, a natural wonder that isn't. what it seems a water fall that looks like red hot lava. >>> more evidence tonight that if there is a front runner the republican race, it is at the moment rick santorum, not mitt romney. it the nomination is won state by state and arizona and michigan are up next a week away. as we prepare for a big debate wednesday night, check this out. santorum now surging to a ten-point lead over romney in the national gallup tracking poll. no surpris
i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." the news continues next on cnn. >>> good evening from mesa, arizona, the site of this week's arizona republican presidential debate and where a growing international crisis may join jobs and health care as top tier issues. tonight amid worries of $5 a gallon gasoline, the top u.s. general warns israel an attack on iran's nuclear program is not prudent. also, pal babeu, a sheriff prominent to the state's immigration debate confirms he...